On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of those who died in the struggle for independence during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921, the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war.
At the Askold's Grave in Kyiv, the Head of State laid flowers at the memorial cross to the Kruty Heroes.
The ceremony was also attended by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov, Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Head of the Security Service Vasyl Maliuk, Chief of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov, Minister of Internal Affairs Ihor Klymenko, and Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Roman Mashovets.
Cadets from higher military educational institutions also laid flowers at the memorial cross: the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, the Kruty Heroes Military Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology, the National Academy of the Security Service of Ukraine, the National Academy of Internal Affairs, and Ivan Bohun Military Lyceum in Kyiv.
After the performance of the National Anthem of Ukraine, the warriors of the honor guard solemnly marched near the memorial cross to the Kruty Heroes.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy also honored the memory of Mark Paslavskyi, who died in August 2014 in Donbas, Hero of the Heavenly Hundred Oleksandr Klitynskyi, and participants in the Russian-Ukrainian war Andrii Pilshchykov ("Juice") and Dmytro Kotsiubailo ("Da Vinci"), who are buried at the Askold's Grave.
In addition, at the Lukyanivka Cemetery in the capital, a basket of flowers was placed on behalf of the President at the grave where the remains of volunteers Volodymyr Shulhin and Volodymyr Naumovych rest. In 1918 they took part in the battle near the Kruty station and were killed by Bolshevik occupiers.
